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The Sankethi is the name of a very small community within the larger group of brahmins of old Mysore State, with their ancestral home,located in tiny villages mainly in Hassan, Mysore and Shimoga districts. They speak a mixed ‘sankethi’ dialect of tamil though residing in the heart-land of Karnataka. Till the other day, the women had their own style of wearing the saree. Young ‘Balabrahmacharis’ with their distinct forehead mark (Gooti Nama) were a common sight in their villages, some fifty years back.
